Question

What was the population of Britain in 1750?
A) 5 Million
B) 11 Million
C) 14 Million
D) 17 Million

Answer 1

Hint: The topography influences the distribution, composition, migration, and expansion of populations, according to population geography. Demography in a geographical context is referred to as population geography. It is concerned with the characteristics of changing population distributions in a spatial setting.

Complete answer:
Between 1700 and 1740, Britain's population remained steady at around seven million people, although agricultural output grew. So, while men and women in Defoe's 6th and 7th categories could still die of hunger and hunger-related ailments, there was typically enough basic food to go around in most parts of Britain. This was critical to the new Hanove's social stability and popular acceptance.

In 1750, Britain had a population of 11 million people. The country was fiercely split when Georg Ludwig, elector of Hanover, became king of Great Britain on August 1, 1714. Fundamentally, it was affluent, united, and an established European and imperial power. The Treaty of Utrecht had brought Britain's involvement in the War of the Spanish Succession to a satisfactory conclusion (1713).

New colonies had been established in Gibraltar, Minorca, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, and Hudson Bay, as well as commercial concessions in the Spanish New World. The conflict, on the other hand, left Britain's adversaries, France, Spain, and the Dutch Republic, weaker or war-weary.

11 Million was the population of Britain in 1750. Therefore the correct answer is option ‘B’.

Note: France needed a decade to recover, and Spain and Holland failed to reverse their military and economic declines. As a result, Britain was able to avoid war on the Continent for a quarter-century following the Hanoverian succession, and this long period of peace was important to the new dynasty's survival and success.